Due to much contemplation, and in a last call to salvage the RPG (considering IRC is practically dead for recruitment), Aegle Waygate has been transferred to a forum. If anyone knows me at all, undoubtedly realize forum/pbp is not my style, nor was it ever on the table as a serious alternative. The general pbp community, that I've interacted with, fail to substantiate my high demand of roleplaying quality. I decided to simply adapt my raw concepts of roleplay into that of pbp; veritably making it my own. Ultimately, through admin failures (general lack of interest), IRC recruitment deficiencies, and ongoing system that never took flight -- pbp was the most liable option available. I've never considered the majority of roleplaying constructed on forums as roleplay, but recently I've delved into a community and found those bright spots; where character development is foremost. Genuine roleplay, which isn't booklike, storyboarding, or material that seemingly derived from a storyteller, instead of emotional gratification. Speaking honestly --you can write the prettiest, most structured and MLA prize-winning material ever known to the literature community; but if unforgivingly bereft of challenging personal challenges, then I'd rather simply write a book, instead. On a personal note, I vow to never work more diligently on my format/structure/sentence structure than character development; I'd rather not narrate a mind so pretentiously.
The IRC option is still available for those who show interest. ;)
Note: We do not condone strict third-person perspectives, as we are constantly switching tenses and atmospheres. We support an interactive and live roleplaying field, where characters are in the 'now'-- whereas it's common for PbP's to forego a dead-pan style, that lacks a sharpness derived from emotional input and instead a detached, monotone perspective intended for word-count relevance. Word-count is not a means to hierarchy here. We roleplay by mutual agreement which does not rely on statistics or dice.
